Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D650767 | Hand-held IP phone | 12/20/2011 |
| D643398 | Combination telephone handset and base | 08/16/2011 |
| D615958 | Combined wireless internet phone and charger | 05/18/2010 |
| D609211 | Cordless handset and charging station set | 02/02/2010 |
| D571775 | Telephone | 06/24/2008 |
| D537805 | Cordless telephone | 03/06/2007 |
| D535969 | Cordless telephone | 01/30/2007 |
| D534147 | Phone | 12/26/2006 |
| D525961 | Telephone | 08/01/2006 |
| D500297 | Phone | 12/28/2004 |
| D495313 | Intercommunication system | 08/31/2004 |
| D494955 | Intercommunication system | 08/24/2004 |
| 5847695 | Method and apparatus for implementing a dialpad on the surface of a mouse input device An interface device, such as a mouse input device, is used to provide input to a computer system or alternatively to a telephone system. The motion of the mouse input device over a first surface is detected. Selections made by a user on a mouse selection ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5173936 | Telephone handset holder assembly A convenient versatile telephone handset and holder assembly are provided, which are particularly useful for business travelers in airplanes, trains, ships, and buses to link up to reservation systems and other data bases. The telephone handset preferably... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5142573 | Telephone apparatus for radio communication with an adaptor A telephone apparatus includes a telephone set consisting of a base unit and a handset removably mounted on the base unit. The apparatus also includes a transmitter/receiver, and an adaptor on which the base unit is mounted. The adaptor has an electrical ... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5128986 | Pair facsimile devices A pair-facsimile device in which a pair of same kinds of facsimile devices are temporarily coupled to each other in a distributing channel starting from a manufacturer to a retailer shop, connected as one compact integral product and in case of using the ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5029236 | Radiotelephone apparatus A radiotelephone apparatus employed as a so-called portable telephone or a car telephone includes an outer casing, a chassis base plate provided in the outer casing and mounting an electronic circuit section containing above all a heated element or elemen... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4847818 | Wristwatch radiotelephone An improved wristwatch, radiotelephone comprising a case having a timekeeping circuit a radio transceiver and a display disposed therein, a strap having a pair of strap ends connected to opposite ends of the case and adapted to be connected together for h... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4845772 | Portable radiotelephone with control switch disabling A portable radiotelephone with control switch disabling is disclosed. A flip element which contains a microphone and covers a keypad and other control buttons when in a closed position also activates a hookswitch. When the hookswitch and microprocessor in... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4672685 | Dual band antenna having separate matched inputs for each band This dual input antenna system has a first input which provides an impedance match over a first range of frequencies and a second input which provides an impedance match over a second range of frequencies. This effectively enables a narrow band antenna to... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4250356 | Telephone cradle A one-piece plastic handset cradle attachment for a wall mounted telephone including integral retaining means for retention of the cradle relative to the telephone and means for guiding the handset and its associated cordset during hangup of the handset.... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4153822 | Telephone set A telephone set for use in a vehicle having a handset housing with a cramp-like shape with a transmitter microphone on one end and a receiver on the other end, and a detachable dial plate for dialing on the dorsal part of the handset housing approximately... | 05/08/1979 |
